Sunday, October 30, 2011

A good friend of mine told me she was looking for some homemade baby mitts to give to her SIL for a baby shower. It's been so long since I've knit anything, that I jumped at the chance at making an easy/quick project like baby mitts.

Also, her nephew was born 2 days before Jackson, and it turned out that we were neighbours at the hospital (right beside each other!). So even though I never see them, I feel a little connection to the cute little guy :)

I used the Cabled baby hat and mittens pattern from Paulina's Blog. The patterns was well written, easy to follow, and resulted in a darling little mitty (if I do say so myself).

I also used a new technique - and was quite pleased with the end result. As with most of my knitting education, it came from a wonderful tutorial on YouTube. It's like watching a silent picture show, but this video of the Kitchener stitch (for closing the end) is fantastic! Who needs words when you have such a clean demonstration?

I made a boo-boo at one point on the first mitt that I was too lazy to go back and fix, but I it didn't show (instead of switching to the larger needles at the beginning of the mitt, I switched at the end of the increases). So, I just made the same mistake on mitt #2.

Friday, October 28, 2011

I'm so thrilled! This week I was chosen as the "Rock Star" at the Friday Mashup challenge!!! It was such a fun project to make, and a fun challenge to participate in! :) My submission can be found here.

Looking forward to playing with them again this week! If you haven't played along, you really should - They are super fun.

The Friday Mashup has a fun challenge this week! "It's a Wrap" challenge gave the following options for submissions:

1. Make a project featuring a "Belly Band"

2. Or make a project using "Twine"

3. Or, Mash it up and create a project "Using Twine with a Belly Band".

I chose #3 again. I love being able to mash it up. And every time I hear or see "Mash it Up", my brain somehow brings me to the Shake a Tail Feather scene in the Blues Brothers movie... And the only reason I can think of is because they say "do the mash potato". You should watch the link - you'll love it :) Ray Charles is lovely.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Below is my submission for this week's Play Date Cafe challenge. It's their 2nd anniversary, and as such, I thought I would make a "thank you" card of sorts... A thank you for your constant inspiration!

Thursday, October 20, 2011

This morning, amidst all the rain and cold, I woke up to a very pleasant surprise!

I made the 'fab four' over at Play Date Cafe with this card! This is one of the first challenges I started participating in, and haven't missed a week*. I love their story boards, and their design team is brilliant.

Can't wait to play along again this week :) Check out the gorgeous colour palette!:

Yes, I realize there is a plethora of exclamation marks in this post, but I'm OK with that. Hope you are too! (!!)

-tb:oxo

*OK, to be completely honest, I missed one.. but I was in the hospital having given birth to my lovely little boy. Excusable?

About Me

A wife, a mother, a crafter and an enthusiast of all things handmade. I currently live in Ottawa, Ontario with my husband and children, and although this blog is primarily focused around my cardmaking, I do tend to sneak in family-related posts, knitting projects, sewing disasters and everyday experiences in domesticity. I hope that you enjoy visiting, and will come back often :)
-tb:oxo